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• MasterNerd@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Fuck Texas Instruments. All my homies hate Texas Instruments

  Seriously trying to charge $100 for a calculator running 50-year-old hardware (the ti-84’s CPU, the zilog z80 was created in 1976). Fucking ridiculous

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  • AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But at the same time as a semiconductor manufacturer i really like them. They have high quality ics for literally everything. I think that they are so big that the different parts of the company dont even interact.

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    • lemmyman@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      TI USB controllers and switching supplies are half of my BOMs

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  • protist@mander.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But they seem to last forever, so there are a ton available in the aftermarket. My TI-89 from 1997 still works like new, and I plan to bequeath it to my son

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  • EvokerKing@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Only the ti83-84 are shit. The old ti89 and newer ti nspire are actually really good. I bought a ti89 on eBay for $20 and even though it is 20 something years old it’s still better than there new ti84 color stuff.

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  • Landless2029@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s also a racket because all the freaking textbooks used it so it because require to have that exact one at my school

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  • PeterPoopshit@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But they make the z80 and they’re so proud of the shitty 8 but processor they made in the 70s they they’re forcing people to use it.

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  • user1234@lemmynsfw.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They may be expensive for what you get, but they’re built to last. Still using the TI-83 that I got in 1997 and it works as good as the day I got it.

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• BillMurray@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why is it that all good calculator manufacturers also have a dark side? I have an RPN calculator made by HP. But they are the single worst thing that has happened to printer ink.

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  • RegalPotoo@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Because if you are a microchip manufacturer in the 70s:

    • Calculators are a reasonably good revenue stream once you’ve developed a chip, but needs a ton of upfront investment
    • Defence contractors have essentially unlimited budgets from DoD, need chips, and are more than willing to pay for all the R&D to get what they need

    The entire US tech and aerospace industries are built on what is effectively massive government subsidies in the form of weapons contracts

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• RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I thought I was general electric, I love working on machines like washers and dryers, and I love the sound of an a-10 warthog turning something to nothing.

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• kusuriya@infosec.pub ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  calculators to help you do math and guns, checks out for Texas.

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• TalesFromTheKitchen@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I bought my last calculator for school in 2009, I think? Now I’ve got the hiper calc app which is pretty decent. Ha! Take that, math teacher “you’ll never have a calculator in youpocket all the time.”

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  • gentooer@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ll take my TI-84+ over my phone anytime tho

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• vrek@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My favorite example of this is is Hitachi. They are basically only known for vibrators and large construction equipment… How those got combined in one conpany I have no idea.

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